Tube and Pipe Fabrication News

The tube and pipe fabrication technology area covers sawing (band, circular, and friction) and other cutting processes, such as abrasive, flame, laser, oxyfuel, plasma, and waterjet. It also discusses forming processes, including bending and end forming. Finally, it includes a handful of miscellaneous processes, such as trimming, beveling, finning, grooving, threading, and spinning.

The recent staging of wire and Tube China 2014 in Shanghai closed to record results: 1,461 exhibitors presented technology, machinery, and products from the wire, cable, and tube processing industries to more than 38,000 visitors.
In addition to the strong Chinese participation and many...

Cole-Tuve Inc., White Marsh, Md., has been appointed as the exclusive distributor for the U.S. and Canada by Apollo s.r.l., a manufacturer of high-speed CNC tube and pipe punching and drilling machines based in Italy.
Apollo manufactures 22 different hydraulic punching machines for punching and...

Pipe cutting machine manufacturer Exact Pipe Tools Inc., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, a wholly owned subsidiary of Finland-based Exact Tools Oy, has established a warranty repair and distribution center in Canada at Quality Tool Repair Ltd. of Saskatoon, Sask.
The company also has opened a distribution...

Superior Tube, Collegeville, Pa., has announced its certification to AS9100.
The company is a manufacturer of precision tubing for the aerospace industry, including seamless and welded tubes, straight lengths, and coils in stainless steel, nickel, titanium, and...

Haven Mfg., a provider of tube cutting and processing equipment in Brunswick, Ga., has appointed Scott Jaynes as field service technician, located in the Indianapolis area. He is responsible for new and existing customer accounts in the upper Midwest.
Jaynes spent most of his career in the...

Muns Group Inc., a piping and mechanical construction company in Beech Island, S.C., celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2014.
Founded in 1989 the company now has a 14,000-sq.-ft. fabrication shop and a 3,800-sq.-ft. administration building that house what has grown into three separate...

George A. Mitchell Co., Youngstown, Ohio, a producer of push pointing equipment and cold forming equipment for the tube industry, has appointed Craig H. Kyle to the newly created position of director of sales and engineering.
Kyle has more than 12 years of experience in the pipe and tube...

Steel fabricator and installer Goodhart Sons Inc. has opened a new pipe fabrication facility at its Lancaster, Pa., headquarters. Creation of the facility, located in existing space previously used for machining and metal fabrication, was driven by customer demand for additional pipe fabrication...

The Metal Shop LLC, a custom fabricator in Pleasant Prairie, Wis., has purchased a Mazak FabriGear tube laser with a maximum capacity of 6 in. in the largest dimension. It handles tubes up to 26 ft. long and has a full 5-axis head and built-in tapping.
The company also has installed SigmaTube...

E. H. Wachs, Lincolnshire, Ill., has moved its Houston sales, service, and rental location to Pasadena, Texas. The new location is closer for industrial customers in the oil and gas market and to refineries in the shipping channel located in the Houston area.
The facility sells, services, and...

Rattunde, a global manufacturer of tube and bar processing machinery, has opened a new manufacturing facility in Caledonia, Mich.
The 30,000-sq.-ft. facility produces tooling for the company’s machinery systems, which process bar and tube stock into various end products used by manufacturers...

Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS Corp. has awarded Gold Partner status to CAD Partner GmbH, Nittendorf, Germany, for its Smap3D Piping design software.
The direct integration of the piping software in SOLIDWORKS® decreases design time, according to the company. The software also helps prevent...

Fontijne Grotnes Group, Vlaardingen, Netherlands, is expanding its North American footprint by opening a new sales and service office in Monterrey, Mexico. The company also operates North American sales and manufacturing facilities in Niles, Mich., and Buffalo Grove, Ill.
The new location...

Mills Products, Brentwood, Tenn., a producer of hydroformed, roll formed, and tube stamped parts for the appliance and automotive industries, has appointed David Sampson as quality manager for its North American operation.
A Six Sigma leader, Sampson comes to the company after working at the...